There have been a number of problems with History Nexus over the summer, not least because of spam / hacking problems. The site has changed its CMS and is now run using CMS Social Web rather than Pligg. The blog will also receive more attention before the year is out.
Nevertheless, a number of contributions of recommended history websites were made to the site, including a multimedia project about Central Park, East Ham, London. It's refrhttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifeshing to see oral history brought together with reggae, great pictures and fabulous primary source material and teachers' aids.
A little further into London is Bromley by Bow, and here the Facing East project are doing great work with arts in the community. Also, in regards to East London, if you are in need of professional help for you blog please visit Stratford web design .
Yet another US Civil War site? Oh yes, but Civil War Books and Authors specialises in book reviews, as the author states:
“Any non-fiction Civil War related book is open to consideration (military, politics, society, reference, etc.). Political events from the decades leading up to the war, and expansion topics (e.g. Texas Revolution, U.S.-Mexican War, etc.) are also covered on CWBA. The Civil War in the Trans-Mississippi theater and Indian conflicts during and surrounding the Civil War years are particular interests of mine.”
Over at Blog 4 History: American & Civil War History, Chris Wehner runs a well posted site on his main topic of historical interest.
As Britain is an island surrounded by water, it's good to see some of our maritime heritage given an on-line presence.
PortCities UK is a gateway to sister sites concerning the seaborne traditions of Bristol, Hartlepool, Liverpool, London and Southampton.
The Orwell Trust promised extracts from George Orwell's diaries to be occasionally published over the summer, but disappointingly they amounted to no more than scanned extracts, which, unless you were familiar with the writer's handwriting (extremely unlikely!), were pretty much useless to the ordinary public.
Or why not visit a site about web design and development in Hackney?
Legal history can be a fascinating subject, and Anthony Vaver at Early American Crime adds worthy contributions to this niche.
Unusually for the World Wide Web, Vaver lists his source material at the bottom of each article.
Finally, a shout goes out to Shyamal Chatterji'a hubpage entitled Timeline and Six Beauties Among the Terra Cotta Temples of Bengal.
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We'll be back soon with another history roundup from across the web.
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